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We had left some windows ajar overnight. This was all very fine, but as the wind picked up, the draft started to move the blackout blinds in the back of the house. Every time they moved, they tapped against the window, and every time they tapped against the window, it disturbed me. So it was that from 01:10 this morning onwards, all I could manage was fitful dozing. This was exacerbated when Jasper went into a full-blown howling session, which only quietened down when I went to the kitchen and opened his breakfast.  It was almost a relief when I finally got up at 07:10.

Zoe had a 9 o'clock start, so I was in no particular hurry. I wandered around the corner in time to join them for the walk to school. After Ellie disappeared into class, I headed off for my usual walk. I returned about an hour later and grabbed some breakfast before settling down with the accounts. In addition to the usual ins and outs, I had to deal with the transactions I processed over the weekend for the ISAs. This took a while to document.

With the household accounts complete, I discussed the ISAs with Diane. As she set about a pile of ironing,  I grabbed her MacBook and set up a Trading212 account for her. Then I opened a Cash ISA and set up a seed deposit to get things started. We will probably move some more of her savings to top this up over the next few days.

DHL arrived with my new Raspberry Pi Model 500. The device is embedded in its own keyboard, and is really quite neat.

After lunch, I connected the device to a screen, the WiFi, an Ethernet cable, and a power supply and started the initial installation. The process has improved in leaps and bounds. There are some simple choices offered, and before you know it, the system is restarted and you have a working Pi.

I have a fair bit of configuration to do in order to have the system how I like it. Then I can try installing the new media server... but more about that in the coming days.